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GEORGE A. WING, OF

ALBANY, NEWYORK.

Letters Patent No. 86,615, dated Februa/ry 2, 1869. I

' IMPROVEMENT IN FLOWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. WING, of the city of Albany, county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flows; and I do hereby declare that'the' followi'ng'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the landside of the plow.

lFigure 3 is a bottom View of the front end of the p ow.

Figure dis a top view of the back end of the plow.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construcspiraliflhtes or concavities, extending its entire length, and having a pitch of about one-quarter of the OiIGUIilference of the roller.

At the small or pointed end of said roller A is a pivot or journal, n, as shown in fig. 3, and at itslargest end is a journal. or pivot, b, as seen in fig. 4. Said conical roller, A, has also bevel-teeth on its upper or largest end, as shown in figs. 1 and 4.

The spiral flutes and pivots n and b, and bevel-teeth B, are cast at one and the same time, making the construction of the conical roller A easy to accomplish.

On the landside of the plow I place a spur-wheel, D, or its equivalent, which projects-a little below the land-rest H, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The landside is recessed where the driving-wheel D runs, as shown in figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The driving-shaft, which operates the bevel-wheel C, is supported by a bracket, F, which is bolted to the laudsidelQt, as shown in figs. 1 and 4.

Near the end of bracket E, I cast projections for the support of the large'end of conical roller A, and the driving-shaft, which connects. the driving-Wheel D to the bevel-wheel G, as shown in fig. 4.

On one side of bracket E, I cast a dovetailed recess, as shown in fig. 4, into which a corresponding projection, (I, on one end of brace F, is fitted.

Brace F is so constructed as to pass through a hole in the'side of the plow, and is then wedged tight in its place, as shown at e in fig. 1, the dovetail d, at its front end, having been previously inserted into its place on bracket E, as shown in fig. 4.

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At the back end of branch are two apertures, h h, through which the handles J J of'the plow pass. The handles J J meet at their lower ends inapouch, G, and are secured together by a pin, x, which passes through them, and also secures them in place. They are further secured by pin to, shown in fig. 2. Immediately under the plow-share L is a triangular projection from the landside of the plow, to which the. share L is secured'by screws withe end of the share being fitted, at its point," to pass over theends of the land-rest H and projectionK, as shown in fig. 3.

The land-rest is secured in place by'first inserting its forward end under the rebate f of the 'share'L,.and then by inserting a pin through a nib projecting from it through the landside, asshown at p infig. 3.

The mould-board M has a nib cast on its lower end, which fits into a corresponding recess ugder the'share L, as shown at c in fig. 1. 3

The mould-board Mis further heldinplace by a pin cast near its upper part, and projecting in an oblique direction through the landside,-as shown at to in fig.2.

It will be seen, from the above description, that every part of this plow has been designed so as to be easily cast and readily put together, not requiring the services of a skilled mechanic for this purpose.

It will also be seen, that when the plow is pulled forward, the driving-wheel D will be caused to revolve, and by means of beve1wheels G and B, motion will be transmitted to the spirally-fluted conical roller A, and as the. furrow is thrown. up by the plowshare L, it will he turned over and thoroughly broken by the spiral'fiutings in the conical roller A. V

' It is plainly to be seen th t the spiral flutingsin'the conical roller A will cause it to break up the furrow freely, and much easier than if they were made straight.

Having thus described. my invention, its construction, and mode of operation, r I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- 1. The driving-wheel, D, bracket E, brace F, bevelwheels 0 and B, in combination with-conical spirallyfluted roller A, plowshare, L, .and ,mould-board all constructed and arranged substantially as and. for the purpose herein set forth.-

2, The mode'of supporting brace F by dovetail sup port d on bracket E, and wedge e on the landside G, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE A. WINGW Witnesses:

R. B. Wine, 'lnos. Houenron. 

